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Dipped the rims on my '04 wagon white about a month back while they were still on the car.The dip is holding up great (yes, it needs to be cleaned often) but next time I definitely plan to remove the wheels for the process.

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Originally Posted by chrismc92

To mask rims VERY fast as easy. Take a deck of playing cards. Stick 1 card in between the rim and tire, one after another. So basically you have built a 30 second "wall" and you will never have to worry about getting paint/plasti dip on your tires.

Now to address the other issue. DO NOT PAINT YOUR RIMS WHILE THEY ARE ON YOUR CAR-----YOU ARE SPRAYING YOUR BREAKS WHEN YOU DO THIS.

IT IS VERY BAD TO PAINT YOUR BREAKS!!!!

I covered the brakes with cut trash bags for the process and kept them clean, but still got overspray on the linkage so it looks really shoddy if you look close. I'll be putting the car on ramps this week and steel wool-ing all that crap off. Again, no danger to the car or parts, but it looks like I ran through a puddle of Whiteout.

Also, when dipping white I recommend the notecard trick between the tire and rim. Since the dip wasn't very thick on the tire, it didn't peel off easily and left a bunch of little flakes around the branding. You can't tell with black dip, but the white is pretty blatantly obvious. I've also heard using tire-shine before a dip makes it easier to peel off the tire when you're done.

I don't have any picks handy right now but I'll post some tomorrow after a good washing.

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Originally Posted by sry110

I didn't use the clear coat ("glossifier" as they call it), so they are just the matte white.

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Originally Posted by sry110

4) If I were to do this again, I would apply their clearcoat product ("glossifier" they call it) to hopefully keep some of this grit from sticking so easily to the wheel surface.

ANOTHER note: the glossifier is NOT a clear coat. It is an additive that just gives that matte finish a bit more luster. It still feels just as tacky as raw dip and will do nothing to protect your wheels if you use it alone. I even doubt it will peel off (but cannot confirm until I try). Someone mentioned earlier that they wanted to paint over plastidip with normal spray paint; this will not work. It makes plastidip brittle and difficult to remove. That's why they sell glossifier and metalizers that will not undo the cool properties of the dip.

^ that looks great. I feel like on CGM/silver you get can away with crazy colors and still look good haha. I was unsure what color to go with, wanted red but last minute decided with black for my winter set up on stock wheels. So far its held up great and I love the look of black on WRB!

I used smoke on my 07 stockers.......took EIGHT coats per wheel to tone down the previous owners gold powdercoating. It'll work for winter setup as it turned it a dark bronze, but it'll be gone in the summer.

i plasti dipped my rims 4 months ago, since then i have been stuck up to my chasis in sand, been camping with huge rocks in the road bouncing off my rims. They still look as good as new. AND brake dust and dirt is easy as hell to wipe off with a rag.

agreed. a friend of mine went a solid 4 months through auto cross season with plasti dip wheels. nothing but brake dust really stuck to it. he did primer initially though. but the plasti lifted just fine when he took it off. some people.... ugh.

I was reading around a lot of people stress about very light coats is this correct? and I was gonna pick up 6 cans should that be enough to do all 4 rims? there 17s

I wouldn't really say light coats per se...its more HOW MANY coats you do.....the more coats the more thick it is and the easier it is to peel off in the future. Dipyourcar.com has many tutorials and you can get a good idea on how you should spray from there....dont spray too far away or it will texturize like a rhino liner lol

I wouldn't really say light coats per se...its more HOW MANY coats you do.....the more coats the more thick it is and the easier it is to peel off in the future. Dipyourcar.com has many tutorials and you can get a good idea on how you should spray from there....dont spray too far away or it will texturize like a rhino liner lol